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itt m pubiic a manner u it has been uttered ? it be
ing the most appropriate mode by which you can re
pair the injury which might otherwise flow from it.
Bat in the event that you foil to do so, I th en de
mand that yon place your charge before the House
of Representatives, that they may institute the ne
cessary proceeding to ascertain the truth or falsehood
of yoor imputation, with a view to suchturthermea
?urea as justice may reqoire
Ifyoe wiH neither do justice yourself, nor place
the matter in a position where justice mav be done
ta*hf the representatives of the people, I shall be
tooftpeOed to resort to the only remedy left me. and,
befcre I leave the city, give publicity to this letter,
by which you will stand stigmatized as one who pro
tected by his constitutional privilege, is ready to stab
ike reputation of others, without the maguanimity
to do them justice, or the honor to place them in a
stuation to receive it from others.
Yours. &c
_ ANDREW JACKSOX.
The Hon. J, C. Calhocn, United States Senate.
IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA.
By the Schooner Samuel S. Mills , Capt.
Soutkwicz, arrived from St. Augustine, we
have received the following very important
intelligence from the army of operations.
Col. Andrews, U. S. A^ arrived, express,
at St. Augustine, on the 11th inst., and states
that General Jesup had met the Indians, and
had an engagement with them which lasted
two days. On the second da^ Jumper and
Alligator came in with a flag of truce, and
surrendered themselves. They represented
the Indians as in a distressed state, and
desirous of peace.
In the engagement only four U. S. Soldiers
were killed. Oue hundred Indians and Ne<*
groes were captured.
The 18th inst, was appointed by Jumper
and Alligator for a treaty to be made at
, Dade's battle ground, and these Chiefs had
rent out expresses to that end among the in^
dians. They stated that Powell or Oceola.
was on an island in the Withlacoochee, with
about 150 followers, and they supposed he
wocld come to terms. They promised, in case
of bis refusal, to point our where he was, ?
and there was to be a. suspension of hostilities
until after the 18th. the day appointed for the I
Treaty. ? Mercury.
Columbia ffelescope.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1837.
OUR DELEGATION AT WASHINGTON.
The Alexandria Gazette says,
* "In the difficult art of condensation and uttering
"the most in a few word*," undoubtedly Mr. J. C.
Calhoun excels any public sneaker that we have.
His speeches have less of the drapery of language
and more of the -substance and body of thought and
reason, certainly, than any other gentleman's on the
foorof Congress."
The praise here given to Mr. Calhoun is
just, and in accordance with the general opin^ '
ion.
Mr. Pkiston, we believe, is acknowledged
by the whole country to be the most eloquent
man now in Congress. Upon his appearance
there, four years ago, he produced a more stri
king effect, and a- higher expectation, than
perhaps any one who has ever figured upon
that stage. That expectation has been fully
justified ? for altbo* there were some, who, at
the first sound of his magnificent declama
tion, took it for granted (upon the common but
false belief that fancy' and judgement are in
compatible) that his reasoning could not possi
hip- equal his imaginative powers, yet his
subsequent career must have satisfied all such
that the force with which he controuls the
mind is not Jess than the skill with which he
moves the heart. In alt the graces that adorn
the orator hie confessedly Surpasses every one ;
and we think tint in the solid qualities he is
equal, if not superior, to the veterans of the
Senate.
Mr. Waddy Thompson is the best speak
?r tt present in the House. His course, too,
is always spirited and correct.
Mr. Pick* us we have often mentioned with
high praise.
Mr. Elmore has just entered the House,
and according to the etiquette observed by all
beginners of any modesty, has not yet made a
formal speech. We understand, however,
that be is establishing % high character for
aoond judgement, discretion and honour, and
will have a decided influence.
Mr. Richardson is also a new member;
we know him to be an excellent gentleman.
Mr* Campbell* Mr. Griffin, and Mr. Gray,
son, are not speakers, but are good men and
true.
The President, aa our readers may see, has
*enta message to the Senate, recommending
* contingent war upon Mexico. We do not
eundeistand the meaning of this, after the Jate
professions, by the Goveriment, of amicable
fadings and intentions in regard to that
country. It is true, that a warlike design is
disclaimed ; but in point of fact it is certain
*that there are few things less peaceble
?than the issuing of Letters of Reprisal by one
nation against another. Such an act is ma
Jung war, to-all intents and purposes ; and in
the present case-would be attended with the
. dishonourable circumstance of pretending
?peace at the same time.
The following is a literal copy of a letter |
rthat we .received, a few days ago, from ;
a Postmaster in Mississippi. It informs us of
aa law of the General.. Post Office that we
<were not aware 06 and which, we are sure,
cannot be generally known to the community.
Probably it has been lately enacted. Strongly
^opposed as we are to the awful crime of sub
scribers not paying for their newsp 'pers, we
must in candour say that we think Amos
Kendall 's punishment for it is somewhdl too
severe.
F, O. Mississippi, Jan. 1, 1837.
Editor- of the Telescope,
Columbia, A. S. Johnston.
Sir? I weuki inform you according to the
Law of the Post Office Department your Sub*
scriber indebted to you T. W.Hamilton has
been Lynched and sent off for bad conduct
Your paper is net taken out of this office.
Respectfully
J. M P. M.
Awkward Predicament. During the debate
on the expunging, Mr. Clay quoted the follow
ing resolution, which was proposed by Mr.
Buchanan, in the Legislature of Pennsylvania,
many years ago.
"ResoivetL That in the opinion of this House,
no part of the Journals of this House can be
expunged even by una/nmous consent"
A new town in Texas, has been named
p&rt Preston.
We recollect that several years a go a per
son was a candidate before the Town Council
of Columbia for the office of Watchman, a
place with a salajy of some two or three
hundred dollars. He was about to be appoint
0^ when it was made known that a negro
woman was the partner of his domestic ar
rangements. This was thought so dishonour*,
in*, even to one in his station of society, that
j he was refused the office.
| One man perpetrates an act by reason of
j which he is refused the lowest office in South
Carolina. Richard M. Johnson does the same
thing, and is elected Vice President of the
United States !
See the President's tyrannical and out
rageous letter to Mr. Wise.
No right whatever of the House of Repre
sentatives can be clearer than that, in the
exercise of which their committee is thus
rudely and violently stopped by Gen. Jackson.
The chief points in the letter ar *, ? That as
he had said in his Message that the public
offices were.in good condition, and the hire
i lings of the Government honest, any mea
sure ot enquiry into the correctness of his
assertion, is like "establishing a Spanish Inqui
sition" ? That his officers (whom he calls his
"freemen"} shall not be interrupted in their
occupations by unconstitutional and imperti*
nent questions ? He insists that specific char
ges shall be made, before he allows any enqui
ry to be entered into. (The public offices them
selves contain the evidence by which alone
specifications can be made ? Gen. Jackson
closes their doors in the face of the Com
mittee, and then requires them to know what
is within.)
The President having: first degraded Con
o ^
gress, is now, not unnaturally, treating them
with the contempt which he knows they de
serve.
In a late No of the Southern Times we see,
in an account of some proceedings in the Sen
ate concerning Teaas, the name of Mr. Ben
ton substituted for that of Mr. Preston ?
by a mistake, we presume, of either Reporter
or Printer. A similar error, on the subject of
the Marine Corps, occurs in the Charleston
Courier.
This is reversing the poet's expression
("Hyperion to a Satyr") and taking a Satyr
for Hyperion,
The pretended philanthropists in this coun
try who so clamorously bewail calamities of
their own imagining, might, if there were
any reality in their benevolence, employ them,
selves better in exposing or preventing such
doings and sufferings as are described in the
following extract from the Arkansas Gazette.
All of this fraud and horror is the work of the
Government, in whose care and under whose
pledged protection the Indians now are.
Their number is about fourteen thousand.
Instead of being Temoved and provided for by
the officers of the Government, tbey are
turned over to speculating contractors, who
do the work, at so much per head, ar>d whose
only object is to pocket as much money by it
as they can.
uNo portion of American histerv can furnish a
parallel of the misery and suffering at present
endured by the emigrating Creeks. They Con
sist of all ages, sexes and sizes, and of all the
varieties of human intellect and condition, from the
civilized and tenderly nurtured matron and misses,
to the wild savage, and the poorest of the poor.
Thousands of them are entirely destitute of shoes
or covering of any kind for the feet ; many of them
are almost naked ; and but few of them have any
more on their persons than light dresses, calculated
only for the summer, or for a very warm climate ;
and the weather being warm when they left Alaba
ma, many of them left their heavier articles of cloth
ing, expecting them to be brought on in steam boats ;
which has as yet been only partially done In this
destitute condition, they are fwading the cold mud,
or are hurried on over the frozen road, as the case
may be. Many of them have in this way had their
feet frost bitten, and being unable to travel, fall in
the rear of the main part y, and in this way a- e le t
on the road to await the ability or convenience of
the contractors to assist them. Many of them, not
being able to endure this unexampled state of hu
man suffering, die. and it i.s said are thrown by the
side of the road, and are covered only w ith brush,
<fcc. where they .remain, until devoured by the
wolves.
Gen. David H. Campbell, of Washington county,
was, on the 20th ult elected by the Legislature,
Governor of the State of Virginia, for three years
from the 31st March next. He is a decided friend of
the Adminstratjon. ? Richmond Paper.
More Work for the Expungers.
We discover, by the above, that the Legist
lature of V rginia has committed an odd mis
take. The gentleman intended to be elected,
(whom we well know,) is not named David
H. Campbell, but David Campbell. Can Da
vid Campbell constitu ionally take an office
to ,which David H. Campbell was chosen?
The Jacksonites, we presume, will bring in a
resolution and expunge the intermeddling H.
For the benefit of such of the citizens of this
State as may have claims to prefer for Joss
es in the Florida campaign, we publish the
late Law of Congress, and the regulations on
that subject.
Richard E. Parker, lately elected Senator
of the United States from Virginia, has now
bePn appointed a judge of the Court of Appeals
of that State.
We recommend the New York Express
as one of the best papers published in that
city. By it we get news two or three days
sooner than by any other.
We are obliged to cut short the Congres
sional Journal, in order to give more interest
ing matter. Important proceedings have taken
place in the House on the Slave question ?
which we will endeavor to give in our next.
Another Letter. ? The President, it seems,
is so delighted with the success of his letter
to Mr. Wise, that he has written one, far sur
passing It, to Mr. Calhoun. As we have al
ready spoken of the first as extraordinary, ty
rannical, outrageous, we have no sufficient
terms left to apply to l he latter. Our readers
can judge of it themselves.
Upon the reading of the letter Mr. Calhoun
said,
"I do not intend, (said Mr. C.) in what 1
nropose to say, to comment on the character
or the language of this extraordinary letter. It
has excited in my bosom but one feeling ? that
of pity for the weaknets of its author, contempt
for his menace, and humiliation that one oc
cupying the officefwhich he does, should place
himself in a situation so unworty of his exalted
station. Nor do I intend to invoke the inter
position of the Senate to'protect the privilege
attached to a Senator from one of the sovereign
States of this Confederacy, which has been
outraged in my person, I seek no aid to de
fend my own privileges ; and, so far from be
ing intimidated, 1 shall be emboldened to ex
press myself with greater freedom, if possible,
to denounce the corruption of the Administra
tion, or the violation of the laws and of the
constitution, in consequence of this attempt to
restrain the free exercise of the rght of ex
pressing my opinions upon all subjects con
cerning the public interests, secured to me
by the constitution. 1 leave to the Senate toj
determine what measures the preservation of
their own privileges demand. I
Much Jess do I intend to comply with the
request, or demand, made of me ; demand, has
no place between equals, and I hold my
self within my constitutional privilege, at
least equal to the Chief Magistrate himself.
I I, as a legislator, have a right to investigate
and pronounce upon his conduct, and to con
demn his acts freely, whenever L consider them
to be in violation of the laws and of the con
stitntion. I, as a Senator, may judge him ; he
oan never judge me.
My object is to avail myself of the occasion
to reiterate what I said, as broadly and fully as
I uttered them on a former occasion, here in
my place, where alone I am responsible, and
where the friends of the President will have an
oppertunity to correct my statement, if erro
neous, or to refute my conclusions, if not fairly
drawn. I spoke without notes, and it may be
that I may omit something wh:ch 1 said on the
former occasion that may be deemed material,
or to express myself less fully and strongly than
I then did. If so, 1 will think any Senator to
I remind me, so that my statement now may be
as strong and as full as "then.**
Mr. Calhoun then repeated the substance of
his speech on the Land bill, in which there is
no su ;h language or charge as that imputed
to him by the Globe and the President. The
nearest approach to it is in the following pas
sage.
I then remarked that, if rumour were to he trust- j
ed, it was not only in a political point of view that
those in power had profited by the vast means put
in the hands of the Executive by the experiment, ?
they had profited in a pecuniary, as well as in a po
litical point of view. It has been frequently stated,
and not contradicted, that many, m high places, are
among the speculators in public lands ; and that even
an individual connected with the President himself,
one of his nephews, was an extensive adventurer in
this field of speculation. I did not name him, but I
now feel myself called upon to do so. I mean Mr.
M'Lemore.
After Mr Calhoun had sat down, Mr. Grun
dy and Mr. Walker rose and stated, that they
had been listeners during the debate alluded
to in the President's letter, and corroborated
the correctness of Mr. Calhoun's statement of
what he had said on the occasion;
Mr. Clay then made some remarks, in the
highest degree solemn and impressive. M He
called upon Senators to mark the fruits of
their own conduct. Here was not only a gross
insult offered to a member of this body, for
words charged to have been uttered in debate*
but a flagrant breach of privilege committed by
the supreme Executive power. What could
they do ? He had waited, he said, under the
hope that some member of the party in pow
er would move in some way to preserve the
dignity and rights of the body. But all sat
silent, bound by the chains they had forged for
themselves. For his own part, he would make
no motion, and he trusted that no one in the
opposition would.
When he had finished his observations,
there was, for a few moments, the most pro
ound silence. All eyes were turned to the
administration benches, but not a word was
uttered. They sat like criminals with halters
about their necks. Messrs. Grundy and Walk,
er had already borne testimony to the truth of
Mr. Calhoun's statements, but none other ut
tered a word, or proposed any measure to vin
dicate the. honor, dignity, and rights of the Se
nate, or of its members."
Foreign Neios. The latest accounts from
Liverpool are of the 4th Jan., London the
2d, and Paris the 30th Deer.
The Markets in Liverpool are. highly favo
rable to the American Merchant. By the
yearly returns it appears that the American
are the favorite Cottons, and are advancing in
price. Grain, it will be seen is advancing
both in England and the Continent. In
Havre Cotton was dull.
The Monej Market in London was deci
dedly easier. Consols, the great barometer
of the English Market, had risen to 90 3 8,
and Exchequer Bills had advanced.
Great Fire iic Edikburg. ? The greatest'
fire ever seen in Edinburg since the grea^
one of 1824 broke out upo n the last Tuesday
of Decemuer. Fifty families, amounting to
about 200 individuals, were burnt out, some pay
ing as low a rent as ?2 per annum.
GrkatSkow Storm. The English papers
are filled with accounts of one of the severest
snow storms of which we ever remember to
have read. The storm began on the 24th
December, and it continued for several days*
It created a complete paralysis in England.
The mails were all stopped ami the roads were
made impassable. Vessels were thrown out
of their course and the damage to shipping
was great. Busiuess was at a dtand and til
communication between the cities and the
country obstructed.
* France. Attempt on the King's life .
On the day fixed for the opening of the
Legislative Chamber, the usual preparations
were made for his Majesty's progress to the
Palais Bourbon. Bodies of military were in
attendance, as. cn former similar occasions $
but the severity of the weather was such that
I the ordinary crowd of spectators at the cavaK
cade was diminished to a much smaller num
ber than is usual at this ceremony.
Within a few seconds of the Royal cortege
leaving the Tuillenes, by the gate leading to
the Pont Royal, and while the crowd assem
bled on the quay were Cheering the appear
ance of his Majesty, a youg man, rather gen
teelly dressed, made an attempt on the Kingas
life, by firing a pistol at him, which happily
did not take effect. The assassin it is st:d w u
so close the carriage, in which were the King
and Dukes d'Orieans and Nemours, that his
Majesty had a full view of his person, and was
enabled to point him out to the National
Guards, who immediately arrested him and
conveyed him to the guard-house of the cha
teau, without his making any attempt to save
himself by flight. The feeling excited amon?
the troops and National Guards was such that
the wretched youth was nearly sacrificed on
the 8 pot which he had selected for the execu
tion of his diabolical purpose. The Dukes of
Orleans and Nemours were both slightly
wounded by the glass of the carriage window,
which the ball directed against his Majesty
shivered to atoms. During this scene the
King exhibited the greatest coolness and
courage; arjd the procession immediately after
the arrest of the assassin, continued its route
to the Chamber without any other event mark
ing its progress.
The Ancient and most honorable Order oj the
? Golden S puitge.
Mr. Editor : ? Permit me to ask you, wheth^
er you cannot give me som? information with
regard to a subject which cannot be without
interest to your readers, and of which, never
theless, the exact truth seems not to be gene
rally known. I have been told, but I do not
yet believe it, I assure you ? that General
Jackson is going to found and establish the
day before he leaves the Palace, an order to
be called the Ancient and most Honorable
Order of the Golden Spnnge ? Ancient, be
cause it will be proved that it has existed
from time immemorial, and Most Honorable,
for most honourable it will be. I would not
have paid any attention whatever, to this
subject, had it not been communicated to me
with so many details, that I feel warranted, at
any rate in asking you, whether you have met
with any thing corroborating this peculiar ru
m our.
It is said that the emblem of the order will
be a spunge suspended ? as the sheepskin of
the dead beast belonging to the most exalted
order of the Golden Fleece ? by a golden chain
round the neck of the Knights of the Spunge.
Their breast is to be decorated with a star
with1 this inscription: Suum Cuique, which
means : every one for himself ?a motto duly
honored, for the Prussians had itin their order
of the B!ack Eagle, when they helped them
selves to a piece of Poland. It is farther
stated that as there are various orders in
Europe, which are divided into several classes,
e. g. with or without the oak wreath, so will
the order of the Golden Spunge be divided
into two classes at least, namely the Golden
Spunge with or without the Broomstick. The
superior class ? the Knights of the Spunge
with the Broomstick, will wear a broomstick
suspended round their neck, with this inscrip
tion on it : thus we sweeps the Senate,"
which would seem to me a very poor imitation
of Admiral Ruyter's broomstick on the
quarter deck of his vessel, with the inscription;
i%thus we sweep the Thames when that great
man sailed up the Thames. & destroyed Upnor
Castle in 1767. Mr. Benton, I am told, is -to
be Grand Cross of the Spunge with the
Broomstick, and Mr. Rives Grand Cross of
the Spunge without the stick, which, to my
humble judgement, would be an injustice to
this distinguished diplomatist. Mr. Buchan
an is to be merely K S with the Stick : so Mr.
Wright. As for Mr. Dana, a little extra
medal is to be coined. But he will not be
allowed to wear it.
There are three opinions, I understand,
with regard to the provision of our Constitu
tion that Congress ' shall grunt no titles of
nobility. The one say, that Congress will
have nothing to do with the matter, which,
to be sure, would settle it ; others say that it
will not be a mark of nobility, but the very
contrary , which would likewise settle the
matter ; and still others say, that it is the
very object of the order to strengthen the
power and courage of the expungers; and that,
as a proof of the excellence of their order, they
will be bid by their master to expunge that
provision at once. There will be a great
solemnity on the day of installation, at the
Sultan's palace. The chief parts of the cere
monial will be this : A large spunge is to be
forced into the mouth of Mr, Benton, and the
President will bid him speak. When Mr.
Benton murmurs, that ho cannot speak, the
spunge will be removed with these words :
"thus thou shalt speak or be silent as thy mouth
be opened or shut by me or my successors of
the Party. Does thou solemnly promise to
do so?" Upon which he will answer, on his
knees *'1 have proved that I will do so."
After this, his highness will hand him the
spunge, with these words : swear that thou
wilt wipe from the records and write on the
records anything whatsoever, as bid an(f
ordered by me or my successors of the party."
When Mr. Benton has answered: "I solemn
ly swear, most potent master of the spunge"
he will receive the accolade with a Broom
stick, after which the chain, spunge and stick,
will be hung round his neck. Similar cere
monies will be past through by the other
Knights, who have, however, to swear addi
tional obedience to the Grand Crosa. An*
aiogous to Napoleon's Cross of Honor, a
little spunge will be given to 10,000 rabble
knights. The revenue attached to the va
rious degrees of the order will be drawn
from extensive offices and from the privi
lege, solemnly conferred, of knowing before
any one else, of government actions. There
are likewise a number of Wall-street folks
to receive the spunge. I have also been
told that the Knights of the Spunge whose
common badge is to be a small star with the
inscription ?? Hony soil qui bien y pense " ? will
offer a considerable price for the invention of
a process by which facts can be undone,
and history can be re-made. I cannot see
how this can be pcssible, except Dr. Svvaim
of Philadelphia discover a process by which
he can still Sarsaparilla into Lethe.
LAMBERT.
For the Telescope.
SLAVERY.
Mr. Editor: ? I have been closely engaged
recently, in perusing a short Dis?*rtation on
this all important subjeet, written by the Rev.
James Lowry, and printed in this town, some
time during the past year, and cannot permit
the occasion to pass without earnestly recom
mending it to the patronage of the South. It
certainly is one of the most powerful argu
ments iu favor of Slavery that has ever met
my eye. Its venerable author quotes scripture
for all his arguments, and thus clearly proves
slavery to be entirely consistent with the will
of God.
The time has come when we should every
one of us have our eyes open on this agitating
topic. Howevef, as this paragraph is merely
to utge the merits of the Disertation above
alluded to, to public patronage, I will post*
pone any observations i of my own on the
subject, but respectfully invite public atten- |
tionto it.
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Rain from 13 A. 5f.
Rain all day. 'tt>
Rain all day.
Rain all day.
S bovver.
Light snow in tba ? waning.
Snow, 4 inches.
Rain all day.
Rain all day.
Mean Temperature at Sunrise, 31,6
" 44 at 2 p m 49,5
44 44 at 9 p m 3f,6
of the month, 37,7
* Mean cloudiness of the Month, ,4
Rain, 4,33 inches.
Wind.? N. 1, N.E.4, E l,S.E.3s 8.1, S.W. ?,
W. 4, N. Wi a
44 44 ot the month, 37,7 I vr. i, n. m o.
* The numbers in the columns for the face of the sky indii ate the proportion ?f the Ay obec<red 1 if
clouds? 0 expressing perfe< t clearness ? 10 complete cloudiness. * %?
SuMMARY OF THJC REGISTER FOR THK YEAR, EKDINP JANUARY "31, 1837.** i.
^ *?? ?? 4 "All 1 nrw a . ? ? _L.: - t'T pfi> ? "j|
1836, February; mean temperature, 42,9 Rain 2,31
March, 44 47,3 44 2,47
April, 44 62,2 44 5,71
May, " 67,3 44 8,65
June, 44 72,4 44 5,26
July, 44 76,1 44 3.11 ......
Mean temperature of the year, 56,8 deg. Whole quantity of rain, 49,90 inches,
uture fora month at 2 P. M. [August,] 83,3. Range of-Thermometer 10 to 91-81 deg.
I
1836, August, aaantemf
September, 44
Ootober, 44
November. 44
December, " 44
1837, January,
TV
Bell Hanging.
THE citizens of Columbia who may wish their
residences furnished with Bells, have an oppor
tunity of having those elegant conveniences fixed
in a most super.^r style, combining taste with strength
of material, by R. Richardson of Charleston, who
can remain but a short time longer- in this city.
Specimens of his work can be sean, and the moct
respectable references gfv en.
Orders left at Mr. Briggs' Hotel, will met t with
prompt attention.
Feb. 11th 6 It
S.tLES.
BY permission of James Guignard, Esq. Ordinary,
will be sold before the Court House in Colnm
bin, on the 1st Monday in March nexr, a Barouche
and Horse ? sixty days credit. M. R- HOWELL,
Feb. 18 2t 7 Adm'r of Arthur Howell.
In Equity .
Wra. Scott and wife, and others.
Adam Edgar, Executor of William Edmondston and
others, heirs and representatives of Aston White
cotton. , .?*.<? I
BY virtue of a Decree of Equity, I will offer for
Sale on Saturday, the 4th day of March, on the
Plantation of the late Axton Whitecotton, all the
stock of horses, mules, horned cattle, and other the
personal estate of the said Axton Whitecotton, de
ceased, except the negroes, Terms made known on
the day of saw. JAMES L. CLARK,
? February 18 7 C. E. R. D.
A Card.
AS the Subscriber intends leaving for the North
on the first of March, tor the purpose of lav
ing in his supplies of Medicines &c for the approach
ing season; he respectfully requests Physicians,
Country Merchants and others, who may design
sending him their orders, about that time, to suspe nd
them, if possible, until his return? which will be
about the 20th of March, it will then affojrd him
pleasure to receive, and give them, his own atten
tion, and every possible despatch.
In the mean time, fill orders forwarded in his ab
sence, will receive due attention.
*m* The subscriber feels, that he would be doing
no less injustice to the emotions of his own heart,
than violence to the dictates of common courtesy, if
he were to withhold the expression of his grateful 1
acknowledgements to the community in which he
lives, for the liberal and substantial encouragement
he has received in the prosecution of his business
during the past year.
EDWARD SILL.
Feb. 11th, 1827 6 3t
Dry Goods, at Cost, Tor Cash.
At No. 1, Cedar st., first door from Pearl,. New York.
THE Subscriber is opening a new Stock ?f|
Fresh Imported Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
and will be receiving fnrther supplies from Auction
dady . For Cash, it wul be an invariable rule to sell any
article at Cost.
The usual credit of 6 months will be given when
desired, and Goods sold at the lowest market prices.
H. B. FIELD.
New York, Jan. 23th, 1837 6 tf
Reward.
R AN AW AY, from Thos. Evans, in Augusta
Geo. , about four months ago, a negro girl named
SCI LL A, or PRISCILLA. She is aged 21 or 22
years, dark mullatto, about 5 feet high very
make. She formerly belonged to Mrs. Izard, of
Chester district, now of Columbia. It is thought
she may have gone back to that neighborhood.
Having purchased the above described girl from
Mr. Evans, a few days ago , I will give Twenty five
dollar* for her apprehension, and a further sum of j
twenty five dollars on proef that she has been har
bored by any white person.
JOHN J. GRACEY.
Feb. 11, 1837 6 tf
South Carolina College.
February 17th, 1837.
THE Faculty of the So. Ca. College, will on the
15th March next, make an election for a Stew
ard, who will commence his duties on the 1st April.
Applicants for the situation will forward their com
munications, addressed to
THOMAS S TWISS,
Sec. of the Faculty S. C.- C
Courier and Mercury, Charleston, will publish the
above weekly until 15th March.
Feb. 18 7_J*_
Notice.
THjE Independent Fire Engine Company of Co
lumbia, will parade on the third Tuesday in
February 21st inst. at 3 o'clock at the Market House,
completely uniformed.
L. SHERMAN, Sec.
Feb. 18th 7
Private Boarding.
FS. BRONSON, respectfully informs his
? friends that he will be prepared in a few days
to take boarders. His terms will be reasonable, and
no pains on his part will be spared, td warrant com
fort to the boarder. His residence is on Camden
street, near Main street.
Feb. 18, 1837 7 lt 1
Estate Sale.
BY permission of the Ordinary, on Thursday 23d
inst, will be sold in the uppei part of the Build
ing occupied by the Branch Bank, sundry articles
of Household and Kitchen furniture, consisting in
part of a very handsome double Dinner Sett of China,
Sideboard, Tables, Bedstea- s, Mattrasses and Feath
er Beds, Carpets, Floor Malting and various articles
suitable fur a Family, most of which are in good
order. * .
Also, A pair of Horses, a Barouchin fine order
with doubla Sett of Harness, a neat Side Saddld,
pair of handsome Pistols and a small Billiard Table. v
Conditions at Sale. ? Articles to be removed
same day if possible. ?
POLOCK, SOLOMON <fc CO.
Feb. 10 It 7 L Auctioneeis.
Cavalry Parade .
THE Richland Light Dragoons are hereby or
dered to parade before the Court House in
Columbia on Saturday the 25th inst- at 11 o'clock, A.
M., projJWiy trmed and equipped for Inspection and
THOS STARK, (Tap* in.
fa.ii r
Sheriff's Salei;
WILL be Sold before the Court Home Loth*
town of Columbia on the first Mender mm
Tuesday in March next, oa sundry wins of
fieri facias, within the legal hoursof ssls<*? ^
62 acres of Land, more or Jes& wbereon Mrs.
Sarah Brown now lives, bou nded North WessbyM*
A. Smith's Land, East by Lands belonging to the
Estate of John D. Rrown, and on all Ollieisi?ss by i.
S. Guignards LandK^ - fISBLi v
Also, one hundred acre ? of Land more cr lees, en
the twelve mile branch waters of JecJtsop's Creek,
bounded Southby Dr. S. PerdvaTs land, west by
Lands belonging to the Estate of John D.Brown, end
on all other sides by James S. Guignard's Lands, st
the suit ofBenjamin Harts* Ssrab Brown, JBx'rsor
John D. Brown. The same property at the suit of
Wm. Hora & Co m. Sarah Brwii Ex'rx of John D?
Brown. Terms cash, purchasers te pay fi* Sbarift'a
papers. .
JESSE DEBRUHL.S. g. P.
Sherifl's Office, Columbia, ? . ^
Jan 13, 1837. . ) & ?
, ? ? ?
Notice."
T ho subscribers at Columbia to the Sto:k of
M The Southern Steam Packet Company" arte
requested, (on or b fore Monday next, tie 90th
inst ) to pay in their first instalment of ene
hundred dollars on each share to And.. B|V
Lauchlin, Esq, at the Commercial Bank of
Columbia, S. C. who is authorised toreeive
and receipt for the same.
JAMES PENNOYER, ,
Agent fur the Camp***. I i
N. B. ? Mr. M'Lauchiin is also auUwwII^ >
receive further subscriptions for stoekltt sirid
Company. . jEgtSpgaS.
Ptbru?ry 17 7
Columbia, February
Saluda flannfaeli
K . Resolved. th* Board of ^
Saluda Manufacturing Company, That tfe
Books ehail be opened on the 1st day of March ;
next, at the counting house of D.feJ.E**
& Co., for an additional subscription of aa#-- ?
liundrt d thousand dollars to the capital Stock
of the Company. New subscribers , will be
admitted into the Company on the same terms
and on the same conditions of original .eofe* .;
scribers. > Ten dollars a share on each shale
of. one hundred dollars, will be required at t*?me
of subscribing, and ten dollars a shareattUe
end of each and every sixty days thereafter#
until the whole will be paid. A failure to cam*
ply with these terms, will inure in a forfeiture
of the stock for the benefit of the Company.
The Company having one fourth of the mill
filled with machinery, and now ia operation, .
and another fourth in progress of setting up,
are able to calculate to a reasonable degree of
certainty, the vafue of their undertaking. To
make the establishment available to tbe fuH '?
extent of which it is capable, they have coma *?
to the determination, provided they caxi sell
tbe stock, to fill the mill from the basement tm
the attic story. The citizens of our State, and >
particularly the present stockholders, are called
upon to aid in an undertaking which will be a
credit to our State, and will most unqoestion*
ably exceed in profitable or pecuniary results
any joint stock company within the State.
DAVID E WART, President.
ittonticello Academy, v
THIS Institution, located in the western sjctisa
of Fairfield District, will be re-opened on tbe
lift day of February neat, for the reception of 8t*?
dents, under the charge of the Rev. Joseph Holsase
as Principal and Wm. W. Holmes ss clsssicsl sane*
tan t. Under their instructions pupils may reciyre s
thorough Education and be consaerably advanced
in a knowledge of the Ancient latin and Grecian
language*. ^ J 2T.
In the ehoire of Mr. Holmes as prineipaTorinJs '
Academy, parents may have a guarantee that a
special regard will be bestowed on the moral as weB
as mental improvement of their chtfuren; sad that
the pleasing and persuasive qpftftortf the Teaeber
in inculcating truth wiHJend a charm to subjects
which are too apt to be uninterestia?>ead even
come repulsive to ^buth. The building is tags,
commodious, and has recently undergone s thorough
repair ; has four fire places, and is convenient to a
spring of the purest water. It is beaptifelly atnated
in a. healthy and delightful section or country, in tbe
midst of a community characterised by a UgB degree
of morality, intelligence, and refinement No haunts
of dissipation and vice,? no ugrog shops" are tolera
ted here. *
There will be two sessions. The first ending en
the last of June. ' The 2d commencing on the first
of July and ending on the 20th of Deces&ber. There
will be a public examination of the Students et tbe
and of each session; and occassional visits daring
the year, by a committee for the purpose of inspec
tion and examination. r;
Boarding can be had at the rate of $10 per nendi.
The Terms of Tuition are, in the English Depert*
ment.
For Spelling and Reading, per sesskm #1 00
Theatiova wan Writing & Arithmetic, 8
Do. do. with English Grammar & Geog? )
raphy.
Do. do with History, 4 '. - IS 00
L)o. do with Latin and Greek, 15 00
For firewood for the Academy . *
To the Monticello Society for initiation into > i oq
the Academy | * ^
Pupils will be received at any time, and chatted
accordingly ; but no deduction will be made when
they lea^B before the end of a session.
Letters to be addressed to the Rev. J. Holmes*?
By the direction of the Board of Trustees,
W.J. ALSTON, PTsndentr
Jan. 13 4t 1
r
Whiskey, Rum, ^
O hhds. Philad. Whiskey; 10 do N E. 8ns,
JL O 10 do. New Orleans Sugar ; 20 do. Cefas Mo*
lasses; 300 S*eedisft Pliosh JI^; Wenjmtry
do. for sole by J,KCVUJT yCO,
' Eefa-ld * * .